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Gdynia
POL Gdynia view 01.jpg
Flag of Gdynia
Flag
 Coat of arms of Gdynia
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Uśmiechnij się, jesteś w Gdyni
(Smile, you're in Gdynia)
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County city county
City rights February 10, 1926
Boroughs 22 dzielnicas
Area
 • Total 136 km2 (53 sq mi)
Highest elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (31.03.2014)
 • Total 247,799
 • Density 1,822/km2 (4,719/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
81-004 to 81-919
Area code(s) +48 58
Car plates GA
Website http://www.gdynia.pl
Sea Towers Skwer
View from Kosciuszko Square; Dar Pomorza on the left, Sea Towers on the right
Westpreußen und DanzigerBucht
Large-scale map including Oxhöft and Gdynia area
Red Bull Air Race Gdynia - 2014
Red Bull Air Race Gdynia - 2014

Gdynia (Kashubian: Gdiniô, German: Gdingen; 1939-1945 Gotenhafen) is a city in northern Poland in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and is an important and seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. It has about 248 000 inhabitants and 135 km².

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  • Saint Michael Archangel church in Gdynia (7)

    Medieval St. Michael Archangel Church is the oldest building in Gdynia

  • Gdynia, Dworzec Morski 1935 (67264189)

    Gdynia Seaport in 1935

  • 140429-POL-Gdynia-Muzeum MW

    Museum of the Navy in Gdynia

  • Germans at Polish Border (1939-09-01)

    Soldiers of the German Wehrmacht tearing down the border crossing into Poland, 1 September 1939. The photo was taken in Kolibki district of Gdynia, next to the border with Zoppot.

  • ORP Błyskawica w nowym kamuflażu - 02-01-2012

    ORP Błyskawica, Polish destroyer which served in World War II, now a museum ship

  • Wybory 1989 2

    Solidarity election rally in Gdynia, 1989

  • Dar Pomorza - panoramio (1)

    View from Kościuszko Square; Dar Pomorza on the left, Sea Towers on the right

  • Gdynia Orłowo Pier (24217249262)

    Gdynia's main boardwalk in Orłowo

  • Strokes Opener 040719-139 (48247874422)

    Open'er Festival in 2019

  • StadionGOSiR

    Municipal Stadium in Gdynia

  • Pesa SA133-031, Województwo Pomorskie (PKM) (41368347674)

    Pesa Atribo SA133 of the Tricity Fast Urban Railways (SKM) departing from Gdynia

  • Dworzec Gdynia Główna (cropped)

    Gdynia Główna, the city's main railway station

  • Gdynia- Dom Żeglarza Polskiego (4)

    Gdynia Maritime University in the building from 1937 as example of prewar Polish modern architecture.

  • Sąd rejonowy betonowe 06

    Gdynia Courthouse by Zbigniew Karpiński, 1936

  • Gdynia Dowodztwo MW 2

    Headquarters of the Polish Navy

  • Gdynia urząd miasta UM

    Piłsudski Avenue with modernist buildings

  • PlacKaszubski.PomnikAntoniAbrahamk

    Plac Kaszubski, one of the main squares in the city

  • Siedziba Zakładu Ubezpieczeń i PLO

    PLO Building designed by Roman Piotrowski

  • Gdynia, Świętojańska 55 (1) - czupirek 2013

    Krenski House, detail, by Zbigniew Kupiec

See also

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